From The Drive · Stephen Edelstein · · 50s
Honda Pilot Backup Cam Films Chainsmokers Concert
A 2010 Honda Pilot's backup camera captures The Chainsmokers concert in raw, cinematic style.
In brief
A 2010 Honda Pilot's backup camera captures The Chainsmokers concert in raw, cinematic style. Videographer Jack Skelley used a 2010 Honda Pilot's rearview camera to film The Chainsmokers concert with organic pixel degradation and chromatic aberration. Originally reported by The Drive.
2010 Honda Pilot Backup Camera

Videographer Jack Skelley used a 2010 Honda Pilot's rearview camera to film The Chainsmokers concert.
“The 2010 Honda Pilot rearview mirror backup cam is, objectively speaking, the perfect cinema camera for filming The Chainsmokers”
Cinematic Effects of Old Camera

The camera's organic pixel degradation and chromatic aberration create immersive, hyper-distorted visuals.
“The aggressively wide focal length bends the pyrotechnics into an immersive, hyper-distorted bubble”
2010 Pilot Trim Levels
The Pilot EX-L trim had a rearview camera display while Touring models had navigation systems.
“The in-mirror display used here was available only on the Pilot EX-L trim level for 2010”
Rearview Camera History
The Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act mandated rearview cameras in 2018, three years after the 2010 Pilot's release.
“The Cameron Gulbransen Kids Transportation Safety Act, which directed federal regulators to issue a rearview-camera mandate, was passed in 2007”
The one thing
Videographer Jack Skelley used a 2010 Honda Pilot's rearview camera to film The Chainsmokers concert with organic pixel degradation and chromatic aberration.





